Michael Dailey gets 12 to 14 years for housebreaks in Chicopee, West Springfield and Longmeadow

SPRINGFIELD – Michael Dailey has been sentenced to 12 to 14 years in state prison for a series of housebreaks in Chicopee, Longmeadow and West Springfield.

Dailey, 55, who was listed as homeless when he was charged, pleaded guilty Thursday to housebreaks or attempted housebreaks and larcenies at three addresses in Longmeadow, two in West Springfield and one in Chicopee.

All told he pleaded guilty in front of Hampden Superior Court Judge Peter A. Velis to six counts of breaking and entering in the nighttime, one of attempt to commit a crime and six counts of larceny from a building.

In the case prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Patrick Sabbs, Dailey was originally charged as a habitual offender because of the his record of similar convictions.

If he had been convicted at trial and found to be a habitual offender he would have been sentenced to 20 years in state prison.

Dailey, who was represented by Arthur J. O’Donald III, has been held for 375 days in lieu of $10,000 cash bail after his arrest in July of 2011.

The Chicopee housebreak happened on July 25, 2011, and resulted in his arrest.